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has taken may have been more provocative, may have pushed and provoked this new leader, kim jong-un, more than intended, so they're dialing things back just a bit. keep in mind that the u.s. presence has been increasing in the region in recent weeks starting back on march 8th when the u.s. flew b-52s as part of what was described as a routine mission. then about 2 1/2 weeks later, a repeat mission was also conducted. and then on the 28th, about two days later after that last b-52 mission, stealth bombers were sent to the region. earlier this week, navy ships sent just off the coast as well with a platform for radar communications and so forth. and then just yesterday, the u.s. announcing that a missile defense system would be sent to guam in recent weeks. so, all these steps part of a playbook, according to the report, but now put on hold as the u.s. tries to assess the situation there in north korea. >> and it's just so hard to gauge what the reaction's going to be of the north koreans. i mean, quite frankly, it's, you know, it's a hermit -- we just don't know how they're going to r
has taken may have been more provocative, may have pushed and provoked this new leader, kim jong-un, more than intended, so they're dialing things back just a bit. keep in mind that the u.s. presence has been increasing in the region in recent weeks starting back on march 8th when the u.s. flew b-52s as part of what was described as a routine mission. then about 2 1/2 weeks later, a repeat mission was also conducted. and then on the 28th, about two days later after that last b-52 mission,...
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. >> kim jong-un is trying to establish himself, he's trying to be the tough guy. he's 28, 29 years old, and he's going further and further out. i don't know if he can get himself back in. my concern would be that he may feel to save face he has to launch some sort of attack on south korea, or some base in the pacific. >> meantime, the u.s. deployed stealth fighter jets to south korea yesterday. defense officials say it's part of an ongoing joint military exercise between the two countries. >>> two men are dead in china, reportedly from a strain of bird flu not previously seen in humans. the men, 27 and 87 years of age, contracted the h7n9 strain. china's official news agency reports a third person. a 35-year-old woman, is in critical condition. chinese health officials say they don't know how the victims became infected. their symptoms included coughing and fever which later developed into pneumonia. >>> we could learn whether prosecutors in colorado will seek the death penalty for james holmes. court documents reveal holmes' lawyers offered a guilty plea in excha
. >> kim jong-un is trying to establish himself, he's trying to be the tough guy. he's 28, 29 years old, and he's going further and further out. i don't know if he can get himself back in. my concern would be that he may feel to save face he has to launch some sort of attack on south korea, or some base in the pacific. >> meantime, the u.s. deployed stealth fighter jets to south korea yesterday. defense officials say it's part of an ongoing joint military exercise between the two...
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this indicates they suspect perhaps the next move by this young north korean leader, kim jong-un, is going to be to test fire some of his missiles. this is a long-held pattern. he had the long-range test fire. they launched a satellite into orbit. they got sanctions for that. they had an underground nuclear test. what's left are some of the short and medium-range missiles, and i think they expect him to do that. this move is not as much a signal perhaps to north korea, but to the u.s. allies in the region, we've got your back. christine? >> all right, jim clancy for us this morning in seoul. thanks, jim. >>> 6,000 lives lost in syria last month. the opposition says that is the deadliest month since the civil war in the country erupted two years ago. cnn cannot independently verify these numbers. the tally does not include people held in detention centers or people who have been kidnapped by rebels. their fate unknown. >>> court officials in colorado this morning apologizing for a paperwork error, a paperwork error that allowed evan ebel to be freed from prison four years too soon. eb
this indicates they suspect perhaps the next move by this young north korean leader, kim jong-un, is going to be to test fire some of his missiles. this is a long-held pattern. he had the long-range test fire. they launched a satellite into orbit. they got sanctions for that. they had an underground nuclear test. what's left are some of the short and medium-range missiles, and i think they expect him to do that. this move is not as much a signal perhaps to north korea, but to the u.s. allies in...
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this is kim jong-un's only second year, i believe, where he's in this. so, diplomacy is possible, certainly, but think of what has to be overcome. there's no record. diplomacy has been an abysmal failure in the past. he's got prison camps holding everyone. there's all kinds of issues that are going to block the way the u.s. has signaled it's willing, it's open, to continue. john, back to you. >> all right, thanks, jim clancy in seoul, south korea. >>> developing overnight. all systems go at japan's crippled fukushima power plant after the cooling system went down for several hours. it's designed to keep spent adomic fuel cool. this is the second failure in a month. >>> documents show a psychiatrist who treated colorado shooting suspect james holmes warned police holmes was danger a month before the massacre. the psychiatrist contacted a compass officer about holmes and warned he had made homicidal statements. the newly released affidavit said holmes had stopped seeing dr. fenton and was sending her threatens text messages. >>> new video shows the murdere
this is kim jong-un's only second year, i believe, where he's in this. so, diplomacy is possible, certainly, but think of what has to be overcome. there's no record. diplomacy has been an abysmal failure in the past. he's got prison camps holding everyone. there's all kinds of issues that are going to block the way the u.s. has signaled it's willing, it's open, to continue. john, back to you. >> all right, thanks, jim clancy in seoul, south korea. >>> developing overnight. all...